October 16th, 2019

16 October, 2019 Spanish Chancellor Pays Tribute to Jose Marti

Spanish Chancellor Josep Borrell paid tribute to the National Hero of Cuba, Jose Marti, at the Memorial of the same name located in Havana, as part of his visit to Cuba.

16 October, 2019 Unions Call for General Strike Day in France

The General Confederation of Workers, France’s main trade union, announced together with three other trade union organizations the call for a general strike day against the pension reform project.

16 October, 2019 UN Speaks Out against Global Hunger

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Qu Dongyu, alerted at the World Food Day ceremony about hunger and the different forms of malnutrition suffered by millions of people.

16 October, 2019 Cuba Denounces Blockade at Inter-Parliamentary Union

The Vice-President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the Council of State, Ana Maria Mari Machado, denounced to the parliamentarians of the world the upsurge of the hostile policy of the U.S. government against Cuba.

16 October, 2019 King of Spain to Visit Cuba on November

Felipe VI, King of Spain, will travel to Cuba in November, in the context of the celebrations for the fifth centenary of Havana, chancellors Bruno Rodríguez and Josep Borrell confirmed, and referred to the favorable state of bilateral relations.

16 October, 2019 Cuba condemns genocidal US blockade in Russia

Cuba condemned this Tuesday in this capital the damages of over $138 billion caused by the genocidal US economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba for nearly six decades.

16 October, 2019 No one and nothing will stop Cuba’s socialist project

Cuban Ambassador Oscar Leon, speaking on Tuesday before the UNESCO Executive Board, stressed that the Caribbean island will not renounce the socialist project chosen sovereignly by its people, despite increasing hostility on the part of the United States.

16 October, 2019 Cuban government to announce new economic measures

The Cuban government will announce today new economic measures following those adopted in the face of the fuel shortages caused by the tightening of the US blockade that has been imposed on the island for over 60 years.